SUMAN KUMAR TARAI vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 09, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4728/2025, CRL.M.A. 36429/2025, CRL.M.A. 36430/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 2413/2025 SUMAN KUMAR TARAI .....Applicant Through: Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, Mr. Nishant Verma & Mr. Surya Kanta, Advs. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State SI Mahesh Kumar, PS- IFSO/ Delhi Police CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application is filed seeking pre-arrest bail in FIR No. 164/2025 dated 14.05.2025 registered at Police Station Special Cell under Sections 318(4)/319(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS’). 2. Briefly stated, FIR in the present case was registered pursuant to a complaint made regarding cyber fraud of ₹66,00,000/- on the pretext of trading on the share market. It is alleged that the victim had installed an App called ‘Upstox’ and registered himself in order to partake in small scale trading. It is alleged that after fifteen minutes of registering himself, the victim received a phone call, in which he was told to fill a form Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER BAIL APPLN. 4728/2025 Page 1 of 8 KAUR Signing Date:10.12.2025 17:52:57 to proceed further and was sent a link for doing the same. It is alleged that the victim was made to join a WhatsApp group namely, “VIP 2 Customer Care” where there were around 5 active members. It is alleged that the victim transferred an amount of ₹67,60,000/- through various modes as induced by the accused persons under the pretext of investing. 3. During the course of investigation, the details of bank accounts where the cheated amount had been transferred was obtained. One of the aforesaid bank accounts was registered under